Holly said with a grin: “Life is about balance and life is for living. That night with the NTAs, that was a big night for us. It was the biggest award we were ever going to win.

"It is not going to be that long until I am sitting with my grandkids telling them about the night we won an NTA.

“If they say, ‘Nana, did you celebrate?’ I didn’t want to have to say, ‘No I went home because I had work the next day.’

“No way! You need to enjoy these moments and be grateful.”

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Kiss goodbye ... Holly was cover star of last ever FHM issue

It was this same seize-the-day attitude which saw Holly do a photo-shoot for the last-ever cover of FHM before the magazine shut down in January.

But she admitted she initially had misgivings about posing.

She explained: “At first I couldn’t get my head around it. I was like — that ship has sailed.

"But actually, in the end, all the reasons I was terrified to do it turned out to be the exact reasons that I did decide to do it.”

While admitting that her body has changed somewhat since she first posed for lads’ mag back in 2008 as a 27-year-old rising star, Holly says she is more proud than ever of how she looks now.

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In love ... Holly says her and husband Dan are more in love than ever

She said: “There is no doubt that your body changes — of course it does.

“But I view my body very differently now. My body gave me three healthy, beautiful, amazing children, and that is incredible.

“My body is the story of my life. All those bits that people talk about and worry about — that is my life story I see in the mirror and I am never going to change that.”

Likewise, parenthood has seen her relationship with husband of nine years Dan transform.

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Blossoming ... Holly says she has 'fallen in love all over again' with the Through The Keyhole producer

In fact, she says she has “fallen in love all over again” with the Through The Keyhole producer since they have had children.

She added: “Yes we are exhausted and we might not be going out as much as we used to, but we are quite happy sitting at home, putting the kids to bed, chatting, watching Marcella or Line Of Duty, whatever box set. That’s us now.

“I am a different person now that I am a mum. You don’t sweat the small stuff so much and it is the perfect ­antidote to being selfish.

“It really is the most life-changing thing you can do.”

Truly Happy Baby: It Worked For Me by Holly Willoughby is published on Thursday by Harper Collins.